Typograph composing stick



April 19, 1932. w. T. HENDERSON TYPOGRAPH- COMPOSING STICK Filed July 24. 1931 v 72 I gwumkw /V17Zz'am Zf/erzzfersm abtomwq stick, and to Patented Apr. 19, 1932 WILLIAM HENDERSON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA i'lYPOGRAPI-I' comros'rne srrcx Application filed July 24, 1931.

The object of this invention is to provide a'" composing; and type casting stick which may be of standard size so far as outside measurements are concerned, and which may be of any length desired in order to provide a slug of the size or length required, the larger sizes constituting-multiples of the standard size, and the stick being particularly useful in the preparation of display matter. V

A further object is to make special provision'for a large matrix near one end of the provide means for avoiding the accidental displacement of any of the elements;

A; further object is to effect these results by lmprovements 'in various features of the device, but especially by providing a slide movable longitudinally along theinner wall,

or inner edge portion, of the composing stick whereby the limits ofan olfset opening or space are defined for the accommodation of the larger matrix or matrices.

A further object is to provide special means for mounting this slide, and to provide elements of the special proportions disclosed, in order that they may serve the purpose for which they are intended.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements herein set forth, and disclosed in the drawings, it being understood that alterations or modifications may be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from the real invention or the spirit thereof.

In the aforesaid drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device;

Figure 2 is a top plan view, the device being reversed end for end as compared with Figure 1, and the slide having been shifted;

Figure 3 is a view of the opposite side of the stick, with two of the matrix blocks in position;

Figure 4 is a section on line H of Fig ure 3;

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

The proportions of the device correspond Serial N0. 552,984.

in general with those of the 22 pica stick used in connection with a commercial type of casting machine, but the device may be used as va 24 pica stick because the matrix locking block is three siXteenths of an inch shorter than in standard sticks. The so-called Ludlow mats may also be used 6 point to 84 point type).

- The matrix holder has no bevelled edges from top to bottom, and more support is af fo'rdedthan formerly for the shoulders or ears of the matrix, and there is a greater range of space for initial letters and cut-in figures, thereby facilitating correct alinement. The offset space'is on the left, as the device is placed in the machine, and the in crease in the size thereof may be from one thirty-second to one sixty-fourth of an inch.

The stick is so proportioned that engagement is provided for the shoulders or ears of the matrices regardless of the shifting ofthe matrices in securing the alinement de-- sired. A principal feature is embodied inthe slide comprising spaced parallelelements 10, 10 connected at or near corresponding ends by means of pinsor rivets 11, 11', and connected at an intermediate point bya rivet 1-2"cooperating with slot 13 whereby pin and slot connection isafforded with a stationary'element of the stick. r

The adjacent longitudinal element of the frame structure is designated 15, and-this element includes a wide portion appearing at theleftof Figure 2, a narrow'portion providing the offset space 16 for the large matrixblock, and a portion carrying an inwardly extending tongue 17 with reference to which the parallel elements 10,10 are slidable. The upperelement of the slide is movable through a cutaway portion 18 in one of the end mem-' bers: 19 of the stick, and the opposite end member 20:'includes a widecentral portionshown especially in Figure 1. Pin 11' is adapted to enter slot 21 of the tongue 17 and to provide a'limit of movement for'the slide toward the left in Figure 2.

Seriesof graduations are upper surfaces of elements 10 and 15, and serve an obvious purpose'in the use of the device. Longitudinal element 24 of the strucprovided on the the frame or stick.

ture constituting the frame of the stick is rectangular in cross section, and perfect spacing is maintained between this element and the slide, making correct alinement of the matrices possible.

Locking block 25 has a threaded bore engaged by the threaded end of stem 26, and the latter is rotatable by means of a knob 27. The block is bevelled along three of the upper edges thereof, and is grooved at 29 for pin 29 providing guiding means for the block. The element 30 is the conventional guide stud or fulcrum element common in matrix holders.

A large matrix block 52 of the kind used in display matter is shown in the drawings, as projecting into the space offset with reference to the main space provided by the stick, and a smaller matrix block 33 is mounted or located adjacent to matrix 32. A 12-em block or quad fills the stick sufficiently to permit of locking by means of element 25 controlled by knob 27 and stem 26 connecting these elements.

The end element 20 includes a plurality of pairs of tongues, such as 20, and the ends of longitudinal elements 15 and 24; include central tongues secured in any suitable manner between the tongues 20 of each pair. At the opposite end of the stick a similar construction of joint is employed, but element 15 is shown as being provided with a pair of tongues 15. receiving between them a central tongue 15 of the adjacent end member of It is obvious that the successful operation of the slide depends upon high-class workmanship in the construction of the stick per se.

What I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, a stick including longitudinal elements in spaced parallel relation, one of said elements being cut away lengthwise, to provide increased space for a large matrix, this element including an inwardly extending tongue, and an element effective longitudinally and transversely as a matrix spacing device, guided by the tongue and slidable longitudinally there of into abutting relation with the large matrix.

2. A structure comprising the elements of claim 1, and in which said element slidable along the tongue includes parallel spaced members cooperating with the surfaces of the tongue.

3. A structure comprising the elements of claim 1, and a pin and slot connection between the tongue and the element slidable along said tongue.

4. A structure comprising the elements of claim 1, said stick including an end member cut away on opposite sides thereof providing a reduced portion with reference to which the tongue is the element slidable along guided.

5. A structure comprising the elements of claim 1, and means adjacent to the inner end of the elementlast named and slidable against the tongue for limiting the longitudinal movement of this element.

6. In a structure including the elements of claim 1, a screw controlled locking block positioned between the slidable element and the opposite side member of the stick, means for guiding the block, and means for retaining the guiding means.

7. In a device of the class described, a composing stick, a locking block and means for forcing the block into engagement with matrices or the like assembled in the stick, and a slide movable longitudinally of the stick, positioned laterally of the block, and operating to reduce the space provided for the matrices, in a direction transversely of the main portion of the stick, and to define the limits, in one direction, of a space for a large matrix near oneend of the stick.

8. In a device of the class described, a stick including longitudinal elements in spaced parallel relation, one of said elements including an inwardly extending tongue, and a plurality of matrix retaining elements, for large and small matrices, in contacting relation and independently slidable in parallel paths between the longitudinal elements, one of the slidable elements cooperating with the tongue and moving into engagement with the large matrix, the other slidable element providing thrust with reference to the other matrices.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM T. HENDERSON. 

